
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bays Water as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Such cairns are significant as communal burial monuments and reflect early social and ritual practices in Scotland.
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Places near here
Bays WaterBuilding (period Unassigned) · 414 yd
GossafordMountain / peak · 700 yd
Roe SoundBay · 922 yd
StabanessBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1217 yd
Mavis GrindAnti Tank Blocks (20th Century) · 1258 yd
Sylph: Ell Wick, Sullom VoeSmack (19th Century) · 1279 yd
Crog HolmIsland · 1344 yd
Busta HouseStructure (period Unassigned) · 1406 yd
Brae, Brae High SchoolNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.6 mi
Mid WardMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Brae, Brae CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.8 mi
Voxter VoeBay · 2.4 miOther information
Photo: Robert Sandison · CC BY-SA 2.0